im trying to console cheat crossbows and ammo into my inventory for a unserious game, but it doesnt seem to work. it worked with dragonbone weapons, but not with any dwarven bolts, crossbows or other things. does anyone know how to get it working?

Some types of crossbows and bolts are quest-related.

so i cant console them in? that would svck. still, i dont get why the console gives an error in that case.

What console command do you use? I don't think it's quest related, you can find dwarven bolts in dwemer ruins before any quest for example . The wiki codes begin with XX but you should replace XX by 02 (I don't know why they don't give exact codes). You can see exact codes ingame when you have the items. So an enhanced dwarven crossbow is 0200f19f and dwarven bolts 0200d099. Other codes here : http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Bolts_%28Dawnguard%29

yeah no quests needed. I grab crossbows the second I start a new game just cause I don't want to go without them and I always go vampire.

crossbow - 0200801
E Crossbow - 0200f19e
Dwarven - 0200b647
E Dwarven - 0200f19f

Steel bolt - 02000bb3
Shock D bolt - 0200f1b9
Ice D bolt - 0200f1b7
Fire D bolt - 0200f1b1

The crossbow codes should work, they're the ones I use. The bolts the steel should work but I never rested the elemental dwarven ones I posted. I have a mod that lets me make deadric bolts so I dont bother lol.

Some sites post incorrect codes and I don't know why, so give these and the ones the guy above posted a shot and see if thats your issue.



Also you can always type in the console command help
Name being part of the item name and it'll give your their ID Number along with the ID of all items or NPC's holding the word you put in, just use page up and page down to scroll through them.


Quest items shouldnt be the issue. I've noticed some quest items don't seem to work correctly when received this way (the skeleton key breaks and just functions as a normal lockpick) but I grabbed the blade of woe before being done with DB quests to disenchant it.

it...worked for me, just use the help "crossbow" command to get the IDs of everything that has "crossbow" in its name.
you can do the same for bolts.

and if you get too many IDs, use page-up/down to scroll up/down

The xx stands for your load order. Some people may not have Dawnguard up second. It's a good idea to move Dawnguard up to number 2 if you have mods etc, in any case.
Also make sure you put the number you want after the code or you will get an error. ie:

player.additem 0200F19E 1 (1 crossbow)

player.additem 0200D099 100 (100 bolts)